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Rolls-Royce Resumes Client Handover Ceremonies With “New Normal” Procedures

Rolls-Royce is once again welcoming clients to collect their new motor car in person following the reopening of the Goodwood-based Global Center of Luxury Manufacturing Excellence. The resumption of customer handovers restores a much-needed element of normality for the marque, which is currently operating a single manufacturing shift under rigorous health and hygiene regimes. Measures have been put in place ...

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Volkswagen Dealers Reopen: Substantial Discounts Offered on the Santana and Lavida

With the National Capital Region and the rest of the country under General Community Quarantine (GCQ), which allows businesses, including automotive dealerships, to resume operations while undertaking protocols to safeguard health and safety, Volkswagen Philippines celebrates the resumption of business activities of all its dealerships by offering substantial discounts on the Santana subcompact sedan and Lavida compact sedan models. The ...

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1964 Pontiac GTO: The First American Muscle Car

It’s still subject to debate but most car enthusiasts consider the 1964 Pontiac GTO as the first American muscle car. But it cannot be doubted that Pontiac unwittingly created the formula for the muscle car genre with the GTO – an intermediate body American car with a large displacement V8 engine and a penchant for high performance, especially in drag ...

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Before COVID-19: A Photo Tour of the 46th Tokyo Motor Show (Part 4)

With the implementation of the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila, traffic is back to being heavy and everything seems to have returned to what it was before the pandemic, except perhaps for the social distancing protocols. We enjoin everyone to help avert a second wave of COVID-19 infections by staying safe and staying alert. Always remember to wearing ...

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Man Caves: The Maestro’s Classic Hoard

Our Journey takes us to the man cave of a true-blue car and motorcycle enthusiast. To Filipino enthusiasts of American cars, Ben Lim is a legend. Called the “Maestro”, he works on his own time and he is often quite moody. But when it comes to the finished product, the American V8 engines that he builds are strong, reliable and ...

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1980-1988 Ferrari 308 GTS: Magnum P.I.’s Robin 1

If an ostentatiously wealthy friend invites you to be his security consultant and live in his beachfront estate in Hawaii, where you can come and go as you please, take odd part-time jobs when you are not occupied, and get to drive a red Ferrari for free, would you say no? We don’t think so. That was the premise of ...

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Jaguar’s Supercharged Month of June

To celebrate Father’s Day on June 21, 2020, All British Cars, Inc., the Philippine distributor of Jaguar automobiles, marked the month of June as the “Supercharged Month” and has, on a Limited Offer, substantially adjusted the prices of select Jaguar models to make these accessible to the hardworking and loving fathers who deserve a special automobile. All Jaguar models conform ...

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2020 Range Rover Evoque D180 HSE R-Dynamic: Making a Big Statement

It was May 29, 2020, our last Friday under the government-imposed Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (M-ECQ). The government was about to implement General Community Quarantine (GCQ) and ease travel and work restrictions. Everybody was excited to have some semblance of normalcy back. On that day, my wife Shawie and I were excited for another reason – we were going to ...

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Before COVID-19: A Photo Tour of the 46th Tokyo Motor Show (Part 3)

With the easing of work and travel restrictions under the implementation of the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila, we hope and pray that most of you stay safe and healthy by staying alert and wearing the proper personal protection gear (like face masks and face shields) when working in groups or when dealing with another person. We strongly ...

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2006 Ford GTX1 Roadster: A Little Off The Top, Please…

Ford Motor Company‘s now-legendary racing prototype, the Ford GT40, had a magical year in 1966. Henry Ford II wanted to get back at Enzo Ferrari for the botched sale of the iconic Italian sports car company to Ford. After watching the GT40 endure numerous early teething problems like aerodynamics, engine and transaxle reliability, Ford confidently declared it would beat Ferrari ...

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